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Penthesilea

is the Queen of the Amazons. She is the daughter of Ares, god of war, and Ortrera. Her sisters are Hippolyta, Melanippe, and Antiope. Wiki Link

She appears in the Aethiopis (600 BCE?), Virgil's Aenid (29-19 BCE), and Kleist's adaptation (1808 CE).

penthesilea.txt · Last modified: 2022/12/31 18:35 by jl